Adding a material stock

1. Open the Digital Factory to which you want to add a material stock.

   The Digital Factory is displayed in the aPriori Digital Factory Manager. For more information, see Opening a Digital Factory.

2. Expand the process group to which you want to add a material stock.

   Material stocks are available for the Bar & Tube Fabrication, Forging, Sheet Metal, and Stock Machining process groups.

3. Expand the Materials folder.

4. Expand the material type folder for the type of material stock you want to add.

5. Right-click the material type folder and select Add material stock from the context menu to display the New Material Stock window.

6. Enter a name for the material stock and click OK to add the new material stock as a new file in the Navigation pane and as a new row in the Materials table in the Data pane.

7. Enter data directly in the Material Stocks table cells or click the material stock in the Navigation pane to enter the values in fields.

   If you are editing directly in the table, you can click to expand a column and display its sub-columns. Click to collapse the sub-columns.

   As you edit, an asterisk (*) appears next to the file in the Navigation pane and next to the row to indicate that there are unsaved changes.